Music Suggestions
The Solemnity of All Saints (ABC)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Gaudeamus omnes [Graduale Romanum, p.619]
2. Gaudeamus omnes [Gregorian Missal, p.664/724]
3. Diligite Dominum [Graduale simplex, p.317]
4. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [Simple English Propers, p.398 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
5. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.290 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. Gaudeamus omnes (Giacomo Battistini, William Byrd, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Chris Mueller)
7. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [Lumen Christi Missal, p.968 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year, p.109 / Mode 1 (Columba Kelly OSB) OCP]
9. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.878-880 / Ignatius Press]
10. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.204, with Psalm 33[32] / Liturgical Press]
11. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #369, with Psalm 33 / Illuminare Publications]
12. Love the Lord, all you saints [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.238, with Psalm 31 / Liturgical Press]
13. Let us all rejoice in the Lord [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts II (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 33]
14. In Honor of All Saints [tune: Festal Song] from Introit Hymns #85 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Timete Dominum, omnes sancti [Graduale Romanum, p.458]
2. Timete Dominum, omnes sancti [Gregorian Missal, p.665/725]
3. Laudate Dominum / Psalm 150 [Graduale simplex, p.318]
4. Timete Dominum, omnes sancti (William Byrd, Johann Michael Haydn, Ludwig Rotter, Ascanio Trombetti)
5. Sing the Lord's praise with all the saints [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.239, with Psalm 150 / Liturgical Press]
6. Chabanel Psalmody
7. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Venite ad me [Graduale Romanum, p.619]
2. Venite ad me [Gregorian Missal, p.666/726]
3. Exsultate justi / Psalm 33 [Graduale simplex, p.319/320]
4. Alleluia, Rejoice in the Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.240 / Liturgical Press]
5. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.240, with Psalm 33 / Liturgical Press]
6. Venite ad me (Johannes de Cleve)
7. Exsultate justi in Domino (Ludovico da Viadana)
Offertory:
1. Iustorum animae [Graduale Romanum, p.468]
2. Iustorum animae [Gregorian Missal, p.667/727]
3. Iustorum animæ (Colin Brumby)
4. Justorum animæ (Cody Willmot Mead)
5. Nomen sempiternam [Graduale simplex, p.321]
6. Justorum animæ (Moritz Brosig, William Byrd, Orlando di Lasso, G.P. da Palestrina, Charles Villiers Stanford)
7. The souls of the righteous [Simple English Propers, p.399 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
8. But they are in peace [Simple Choral Gradual, p.291 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. The souls of the just [Lumen Christi Missal, p.968 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
10. The souls of the just [Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.881-883 / Ignatius Press]
11. The souls of the just [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #370, with Wisdom 3 / Illuminare Publications]
12. My saints will have joy and happiness [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.241, with Psalm 5 / Liturgical Press]
13. The souls of the jus [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts II (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 110]
Communion:
1. Beati mundo corde [Graduale Romanum, p.514]
2. Beati mundo corde [Gregorian Missal, p.669/729]
3. Beati mundo corde [Communio, p.17 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Beati pacifici [Graduale simplex, p.321]
5. Beati mundo corde (William Byrd)
6. Beati pacifici (Jacques Berthier, Taize Community) [GIA Publications]
7. Blessed are the pure in heart [Simple English Propers, p.400 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
8. Blessed are the pure in heart [Choral Communio, p.216 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
9. Blessed are the pure of heart [Simple Choral Gradual, p.292 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
10. Blessed are the clean of heart [Lumen Christi Missal, p.969 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
11. Blessed are these Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)
12. Blessed are the clean of heart [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year, p.110 / Mode 1 (Columba Kelly OSB) OCP]
13. Blessed are the clean of heart [Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 3 versions, pp.884-886 / Ignatius Press]
14. Blessed are the clean of heart [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.205, with Psalm 37[36] / Liturgical Press]
15. Blessed are the clean of heart [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #371, with Psalm 126 / Illuminare Publications]
16. Blessed are the clean of heart [Communion Antiphons for Feasts and Solemnities – Volume 2 (Richard J. Clark) with Psalm 126 / GIA Publications]
17. Happy the peacemakers [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.241, with Psalm 126 / Liturgical Press]
18. Blessed are the clean of heart [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts II (Penkala) p.7, with Psalm 147]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Masses VIII (De angelis) & XI (Orbis factor)
2. Latin Gregorian Chant Masses XI (Orbis factor) & VIII (De angelis)
3. Latin Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
4. Latin Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher Bord)
5. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
6. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
7. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
8. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
9. Modal Mass (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)

Other liturgical music

Adoramus te, Domine (Jacques Berthier, Taize Community) [GIA Publications]
Beati (Jacques Berthier, Taize Community) [GIA Publications]
Canticle of the Lamb (Howard Hughes, SM) [GIA Publications]
Canticle of the Lamb (Rev. John-Mark Missio)
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala) use Easter season refrain
Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit [Liber usualis, p.1724]
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Justorum animæ (Cody Willmot Mead)
Litany of the Saints (Traditional chant tone) [Liber usualis, p.756]
Renaissance Alleluia (Gary Penkala)
Serve God in Love (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals
Te Deum: We Praise You (J. William Greene)
Thaxted Acclamations (Rev. Anthony Mancini)
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

All Glory Be to God on High (CD #909, HPSC #104, WIII #527, SMH #411)
Alleluia, Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord (HPSC #110, SMH #425)
Around the Throne a Glorious Band (CH #335, HH #301, ICEL #178, WIII #719, EH #120, LCH #155)
Blest Are the Pure in Heart (CBW #719, CH #450, HH #257, HPSC #123, ICEL #182, CHB #208, EH #418, VII #320)
By All Your Saints Still Striving (WIII #706, HH #284)
For All the Saints (WIII #705, ICEL #189, HPSC #157, AH #590, HH #287, CBW #617, PMB #187, CH #336, CHB #166, SMH #523, EH #126, VII #263, LCH #153, CBH #75)
For Thy Dear Saints (EP #124)
From All Thy Saints in Warfare (AH #592, VII #262, LCH #160, SMH #527, CBH #78/79)
Give Me the Wings of Faith (CHB #167)
God of Gods, We Sound His Praises (HPSC #166)
God, We Praise You (WIII #535, SMH #540, LCH #125)
Hark! the Sound of Holy Voices (EH #125, CBH #103)
How Bright These Glorious Spirits Shine (EH #127)
How Firm A Foundation (CH #452, ICEL #193, WIII #585, HH #290, SMH #567, EH #564, CBH #113)
In Honor of All Saints [tune: Festal Song] from Introit Hymns #85 (Christoph Tietze)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (HPSC #199)
Joy and Triumph Everlasting (EH #129, SMH #598)
O Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit (WIII #620)
O Christ, the World's Salvation (Dennis DiPaolo)
O Praise Ye the Lord (HPSC #259, CBW #649, WIII #539, ICEL #238, CD #906, CHB #253, CBH #195)
O Savior, Jesus, Lord of All (HH #274)
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be (CHB #169, EH #589, CBH #215)
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens, Adore Him (WIII #529, ICEL #243, HPSC #282, PMB #662, CBW #656, CH #573, CHB #259, LCH #83, SMH #718)
Shout the Endless Ages Long from Hymns for the Liturgical Year (Kathleen Pluth)
Sing of Christ, Proclaim His Glory (HPSC #302)
The Saints of God (EH #128/129)
Wake the Song of Jubilee (HH #276)
Who Are These Like Stars Appearing (ICEL #205, CH #346, CHB #170, EH #130, LCH #154, CBH #287)
Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (CD #911, CH #519, HPSC #357)
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (HPSC #359, WIII #707, AH #416, HH #275, PMB #71, CH #578, CHB #275, SMH #838, EH #599, LCH #118, CBH #293)

AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press

CBH = A Catholic Book of Hymns, Sacred Music Library

CBW = Catholic Book of Worship II / Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

CD = Cantate Domino / Hymnal Supplement, GIA Publications, Inc.

CH = The Collegeville Hymnal, The Liturgical Press

CHB = The Catholic Hymn Book [London Oratory], Gracewing Publishers

EH = The Hymnal 1940 (Episcopal), used by many Anglican Use Roman Catholic parishes

HH = Hymnal of the Hours, GIA Publications, Inc.

HPSC = Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles, out of print but excellent

ICEL = ICEL Resource Collection, GIA Publications, Inc.

LCH = Lumen Christi Hymnal, Illuminare Publications

PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.

SEC = Saint Edmund Campion Hymnal & Missal, Corpus Christi Watershed

SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal – 4th Edition 2011, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

VII = Vatican II Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

Choral Music

Alleluia, O Praise the Lord (J.S. Bach)
And I Saw Another Angel (Charles Villiers Stanford)
Anima Christi (Calvert Shenk)
Beati eritis (Giovanni Croce)
Beati quorum via (C.V. Stanford)
Benedicite, Spiritus (Claudio Merulo)
Come unto Me (Healey Willan)
Complete Thy Work, O Lord (Calvert Shenk)
Doxology: Amen (Friedrich Hasse)
Great Thou Art (Robert Roesch)
Ecce fidelis servus (Gabriel Faure) [GIA Publications]
Estote fortes (Luca Marenzio, ed. Andrea Angelini)
Exsultate justi in Domino (Juan Gutierrez de Padilla, Herman Hollander, Ludovico da Viadana)
God's Power to Guide Me from Five Simple Anthems (Colin Brumby)
Gustate et videte (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
Hallelujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus (G.F. Handel)
Happy and Blest Are They from Saint Paul (Felix Mendelssohn)
He That Shall Endure to the End (Felix Mendelssohn)
How Beautiful Are the Feet from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
How Blest Are They (P.I.Tchaikovsky)
How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair (Colin Brumby)
In spiritu humilitatis (Calvert Shenk)
Iustorum animæ (Colin Brumby) — proper Offertory antiphon
Justorum animæ (Cody Willmot Mead)
Let all the just to God with joy (Hugh Bond, John Wall Calcott)
Lo, A Voice to Heaven Sounding (D.S. Bortniansky)
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending (Robert Benson)
O Bread of Life (Robert Benson)
O Grant Me Wisdom (Gary Penkala)
O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
O How Glorious Is the Kingdom (Harold Owen)
O quam gloriosam (Jacobus Vaet, Robert Powell)
Orationes sanctorum (Gary Penkala)
Os justi (Anton Bruckner)
Praise Ye the Lord (Carrie Nixon)
Prayer of Saint Francis (Gary Penkala)
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous (George J. Elvey)
Sancti Dei omnes (Johann Michael Haydn) [GIA Publications]
See What Love from Saint Paul (Felix Mendelssohn)
Sicut cervus desiderat (G.P. da Palestrina)
The Beatitudes (Franz Liszt, Albert Hay Malotte, Paul Tschesnokoff)
Timete, Justorum animae (Robert Führer)
Venite ad me (J.G. Phillips, Orlando di Lasso)
Wonderful Is God in All His Saints (Peter Hallock)
Worthy Is the Lamb from Messiah (G.F. Handel)

Organ Music

All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
All Glory Be to God on High (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday - Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
All Glory Be to God on High (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
All Glory Be to God on High (Johann Pachelbel) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Allegro maestoso (Felix Mendelssohn)
Allegro vivo e maestoso (Dom Paul Benoit) from Esquisses liturgiques [J. Fischer & Bros.]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Andreas Armsdorf) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C. Bach) [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Georg Böhm) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.P. Kirnberger) [Organist's Companion, October 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg] [Organist's Companion, July 1998]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, May 1989]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C.H. Rinck) [Organist's Companion, July 1992]
Allein Gott in der Höh (G.P. Telemann) [Organist's Companion, July 1995]
Allein Gott in der Höh (A.N. Vetter) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, October 1984]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Organist's Companion, June 1984]
Beatitudes: Eight Miniatures for Flute and Organ (Stephen McManus)
Bicinium on All Glory Be to God on High (J.P. Sweelinck) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
Carillon (Leo Sowerby)
Chorale Fantasia on Lasst uns erfreuen (Flor Peeters)
Chorale Prelude on Christe sanctorum (Bill Cain) [Organist's Companion, March 2000]
Chorale Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen (R. Evan Copley) [H.W. Gray]
Concert Variations on Austrian Hymn (John Knowles Paine) [Collected Works]
Fanfare, Chorale and Fantasia on a Theme by Elgar (Gary Penkala)
Fanfare for All Saints and Seasons (Charles Ore)
Fanfare on Austrian Hymn (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Fantasia super: Valet will ich dir geben (J.S. Bach)
Fantasy on the Hymn Tune Sine nomine (Edward G. Mead) [Flammer]
For All the Saints (G. Winston Cassler) [This Is the Victory - Augsburg 11-9497]
For All the Saints (Hugo Gehrke) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
For All the Saints (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]
For All the Saints (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
Foundation: Harmonization and Variations (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, May 2001]
How Firm a Foundation (Edward Broughton) [Organist, September 1981]
How Firm a Foundation (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, May 1995]
Improvisation sur Gaudeamus (Dom Paul Benoit) from Esquisses liturgiques [J. Fischer & Bros.]
Incantation pour un jour saint (Jean Langlais)
Jesu dulcis memoria (Sr. Teresine Fonder) [Twenty-six Miniatures]
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach)
Maestoso: Five Processionals (Calvert Shenk)
Music for a Festive Occasion (Tim Knight)
O quanta qualia (Mahlon Balderston) [Organist's Companion, May 1991]
O What Their Joy and Glory Must Be (Richard Hillert) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen (Johannes Brahms) [Eleven Chorale Preludes] [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Offertory on Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; (Daniel Burton) [Organist's Companion, May 2000]
Poco vivace from Kleine Praeludium und Intermezzi (Hermann Schroeder)
Prelude and Fugue in f minor (J.S. Bach)
Prelude on Allein Gott in der Höh (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, August 1985]
Prelude on Foundation (Edward Broughton)
Prelude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Paul Manz, Wilbur Held, Thomas Bohlert, John Diercks, Charles Ore, David Schack, R. Evan Copley)
Prelude on Werde munter (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Meditations on Communion Hymns - Flammer]
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Johannes Brahms)
The Beauty of Holiness (David Lasky)
Toccata and Fugue in d minor (Johann Eberlin)
Trio Sonata I (J.S. Bach)
Toccata a la Dubois (Jon Naples)
Toccata on Duke Street (Gilbert Martin)
Valet will ich dir geben (J.S. Bach)
Valet will ich dir geben (J.S. Bach) arr. from Christus der ist mein Leben
Valet will ich dir geben (G.F. Kaufmann) from Eighty Chorale Preludes [C.F. Peters #4448]
Valet will ich dir geben (Max Reger) from 30 Kleine Choralvorspiele
Variations on Austria (John Knowles Paine)
Variations on Land of Rest (John Ogasapian) [Organist's Companion, May 1990]
Variations on Lasst uns erfreuen (Thomas Behlert)
Variations on Sine nomine (Richard Proulx) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Vigiles et sancti (Mahlon Balderston) [Organist's Companion, March 1997]
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (J.S. Bach) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (Ronald Besemer) [Organist's Companion, June 1988]
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg]
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (Johann Pachelbel) [Collected Works IV - Kalmus 3763]
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (J.G. Walther) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (John Diercks) [Six Sacred Compositions for Organ - Abingdon APM-255]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

The Mystical Body … the Communion of Saints … Life Everlasting … the Mystery of Heaven … all these themes demand the utmost in solemnity and awe. Today is the day for incense, for Latin, for chant, for the pageantry of the sanctified. Try using the Litany of the Saints (quite beautiful for choir in Latin), in its abbreviated form as found in the Easter Vigil liturgy, for the Entrance Chant. Using three cantors, alternating on the invocations, lends interest to the timber of the singing. Don't drag the tempo (don't rush, either). With three cantors, one can easily follow the "S" rule: Hold the last note of the congregations' response ("Pray for us" or "Ora pro nobis") two or three times longer than the eighth note beats of the chant. Overlap the "S" sound when beginning the next invocation [i.e. the cantor begins "Saint …" or "Sancte …" as soon as the congregation closes the "S" of their response. This sets a very rhythmic pulse and keeps the litany flowing consistently.

Music SuggestionsThe Solemnity of All Saints (ABC)